Coffee and Repartee and The Idiot: Two Classic Works - Couverture souple

Bangs, John Kendrick

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1434431401 ISBN 13 : 9781434431400

Editeur : Wildside Press, 2025

Synopsis

Coffee and Repartee and The Idiot are companion pieces of sparkling comic fiction, centered on a series of breakfast-table debates led by an eccentric lodger known only as "The Idiot." Through rapid-fire exchanges, he disarms and delights his more serious-minded companions with a blend of absurd reasoning and earnest charm. What begins as nonsense gradually reveals sly insights into society, intellect, and human behavior. Set in a New York boardinghouse and composed largely of dialogue, these works showcase Bangs's flair for humor and parody in the Gilded Age. The result is a light but layered satire that still entertains with its clever repartee and gentle critique of conventional wisdom.

John Kendrick Bangs (1862-1922) was an American author, satirist, and editor of Puck Magazine. Coffee and Repartee and The Idiot are linked novellas.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wildside Press
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1434431401
• ISBN 13: 9781434431400
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 246
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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